BBC听力丨看国外新闻，学地道英语 Vol.350

【盲听情况】

新闻播报员部分：

听了三遍听懂90%

拜登部分：

吞音有点多 听了三遍大概是80%

【知识点】

happening very fast快速的；匆匆忙忙的；旋风似的

whirlwind

八小时的突访

a whirlwind eight-hour visit

旋风式恋爱

a whirlwind romance

旋风式的美国之行

a whirlwind tour of America

~ sth

to make an event less enjoyable than it should be使扫兴；使蒙上阴影

overshadow

出事的消息给这一天的活动蒙上了阴影。

News of the accident overshadowed the day's events.

inflame tensions

加剧紧张局势

引发抗议活动

sparkle protests

失误发射了火箭*2

misfire a rocket

an errant rocket fired by sb

adj.阿拉伯的

Arab

UK [ˈærəb]

to check that sth is true or accurate核实；查对；核准

verify

我们无法核实他的说法。

We have no way of verifying his story.

请在核实有足够的内存后再载入程序。

Please verify that there is sufficient memory available before loading the program.

我让你来查核这些说法是否属实。

I'll leave you to verify whether these claims are true.

to praise sb/sth, especially publicly（尤指公开地）赞扬，称赞，表扬

commend

UK [kə'mend]

commend sb for/on doing sth

commend sb for/on sth

她因妥善处理了那个局面而受到表扬。

She was commended on her handling of the situation.

他的设计受到了评委的高度赞扬。

His designs were highly commended by the judges(= they did not get a prize but they were especially praised) .

to prevent sb from doing what they want to do阻止；阻挠；对…构成阻力

thwart

UK [θwɔː(r)t]

阻挠某人的计划

to thwart sb's plans

她控制这个政党的企图受阻了。

She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of the party.

to say officially that sb/sth has a particular character or name; to describe sb/sth in a particular way命名；指定；认定

designate

本区已定为国家公园。

This area has been designated (as) a National Park.

几名学生被认定有一定或严重学习困难。

Several pupils were designated as having moderate or severe learning difficulties.

指定的自然保护区

a designated nature reserve

老人专座

designated seats for the elderly

very clear and full of details, especially about sth unpleasant（尤指令人不快的事物）形象的，生动的，逼真的=vivid+bad things

graphic

对战斗的生动叙述╱描述

a graphic account/description of a battle

他不停地向我们绘声绘色地讲述他手术的细节。

He kept telling us about his operation, in the most graphic detail .

~ sth

to completely destroy sth烧毁；毁灭

consume

不要被愤怒吞噬

Don't be consumed by rage.

那座旅馆很快被大火吞噬。

The hotel was quickly consumed by fire.

~ sb

to make sb very angry使异常愤怒；激怒；触怒

enrage， outrage

我们美国人被激怒了

After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States.

我很愤怒

I was outraged.

I am sad.=

I am sadden.

I am sad because of sth=

sth grieve me

extremely large=

enormous

巨大的房子；大狗

an enormous house/dog

大量的时间

an enormous amount of time

浓厚的兴趣

enormous interest

总统面临的问题是巨大的。

The problems facing the President are enormous.

clearly=

unequivocally

The United States unequivocally stands for the protection of civilian life during conflict.